Примеры употребления для put through the mill
1. Jamie, who cannot tie his own shoe laces, was so put through the mill by the police that he was terrified he would be sent to prison.
2. Firms caught using illegal labour need to face a huge bill for unpaid tax and have every other aspect of their business put through the mill.
3. These include: •The day–to–day bureaucracy and form–filling in the NHS •Uncertainty caused by the merger of two local general hospitals •Worrying about whether colleagues will be made redundant •New deadlines to meet Government targets ‘I leave behind a group of very unhappy nurses who have been put through the mill with constant reform,‘ she said.
4. When Ian Bell was being put through the mill by Warne, the leg–spinner taking an eternity to set his field and converse with his captain while the ring of predators round the bat had their say, Pietersen summoned the young batsman down the pitch for some timely conversation to get him out of earshot and away from the distraction.